Chapter 265: Operation Shepherd Outside Khalkha

After pacifying Fechmi, Xiong Tingbi sent someone to inform Tushetu Khan the next day that he was ready to negotiate with him on the issue of Mobei Khalkha. Tushetu Khan told the envoy that he was looking forward to the meeting with Chief of Staff Xiong.

Three days later, Xiong Tingbi and two retinues arrived at Tushetu Khan's tent. After the two sides saluted, Xiong Tingbi said: "I am a straightforward and fast-talking person, and I don't bend my intestines much, so I will say it directly." Our Emperor Ming very much hopes that the Han and Mongolia will be friendly, and I hope that this goodwill can last for a long time, which is why I came to Mobei Khalkha. ”

Tushetu Khan said: "We also hope that Menghan will be friendly for a long time, and everyone's goal is the same. ”

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said, "Can the Great Khan guarantee that he will not go south to harass the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Tushetu Khan said: "Ben Khan has never invaded the south, why did Lord Xiong say this?" ”

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said: "We have been invaded by the north for thousands of years, and our Emperor Majesty believes that it is time to solve this problem once and for all, and that is the Han-Mongolian goodwill we have promoted." Of course, it is also possible to change the Mongolian characters here into other characters, in short, to prevent the nomads of the north from invading the agricultural country in the south. Just like the Great Khan, he has no intention of invading southward, but how can you guarantee that your descendants will be as wise as you? If Han and Mongolia were like a family, then of course there would be no more invasion of the south by the north. ”

Tushetu Khan asked, "Then how can we be considered like a family?" ”

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said: "It's like a family, of course, everyone is a family, Han and Mongolians, they are all Ming people, of course Ming people will not fight Ming people." ”

Tushetu Khan said: "Why did everyone become a Ming person, and not everyone a Mongolian? ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "Doesn't the Great Khan want to rebuild Mongolia? ”

Tushetu Khan said with a smile: "Mongolia has always been there, how can it be rebuilt." ”

Xiong Tingbi also smiled: "If the Great Khan is talking about Lin Dan Khan, then I remember that it seems to have made a great effort to repel his Great Khan." ”

Tushetu Khan said: "That's our internal matter, but I don't bother Mr. Xiong. ”

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said: "Lin Dan Khan has returned to the Ming Dynasty and was named Chahar Khan by the Ming Dynasty. Since he was regarded as a co-lord by the Mongols, the Mongols were also equivalent to submitting to the Ming Dynasty, so the internal affairs of Mongolia were also the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Tushetu Khan said: "Lin Dan Khan has returned to the Ming Dynasty, which does not mean that my Khalkha has also returned to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Xiong Tingbi said impatiently: "Great Khan, there is no need for us to fight for these things, I came today to listen to a sentence, whether the Great Khan agrees with the goodwill between Han and Mongolia, and whether he is willing to become a Ming person." If we will, we will be like a family, and if not, I believe that we will always find someone in the tribe of the Great Khan. ”

Tushetu Khan said: "Lord Xiong is going to fight my Khalkha? ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "It should be asked, is the Great Khan ready to fight with the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Tushetu Khan stood up and said, "If you want to fight, then fight!" ”

Xiong Tingbi also stood up and said, "Then let's fight!" With that, he walked out with his entourage.

Tushetu Khan's Jinong, who is also the son of Tushetu Khan, Qiu Lijun, immediately stepped forward and grabbed Xiong Tingbi and said, "Lord Xiong, there is something to say, there is something to say." ”

Xiong Tingbi said impatiently: "Your father has such a tough attitude, what can he say. ”

Qiu Lijun said: "Lord Xiong is angry, Lord Xiong puts forward your request, and Father Khan must always consult with the various tribes Taiji, so that he can give an answer to your lordship." Both sides hope that everyone will no longer fight, but get along amicably, and this premise is recognized by both sides, then there is a good foundation. As for the other details, they can all be discussed, right? ”

Xiong Tingbi understood that Tushetu Khan was not ready to resist to the end, but asked his son to come out as a buffer, if there were some results that the tribe was not satisfied with, he could also push it on his son, and it was really an old traitor.

He smiled and said, "In that case, then Jinong will talk to my deputy." Everyone is young, and it's much better to talk to the old man than to talk to the old man. ”

Tushetu Khan said: "Okay, then our old man will come to the bar, and the matter will be left to the young man to do." ”

Xiong Tingbi naturally took over the steps, and began to drink with Tushetu Khan over mutton. Qiu Lijun and Bai Jiansen began to negotiate the status of the two parties.

The two of them both knew the bottom line of their side, and they did not test each other in vain, Bai Jiansen made a request, Qiu Lijun agreed on the spot if he could agree, and asked Tushetu Khan if he couldn't, and then the two sides discussed this, and made some changes that were acceptable to both parties before moving on to the next topic.

After half a day of negotiations, the two sides made an agreement: Tushetu Khan was reappointed as Khalkhajinong, still managing his original territory, and the tax collector of the Ming Dynasty collected taxes according to fifty taxes, and handed over half of them to Tushetu Jinong. The Ming promised that after occupying the grasslands in the north, a part of it could be handed over to Qiu Lijun Taiji for management.

Both parties were satisfied, and Daming obtained the required agreement and got the submission on the surface. Tushetu Jinong retained his rule, while Qiu Lijun hoped to get more pasture and expand his power.

Xiong Tingbi left a Ming Sun and Moon Banner and said: "In the future, Jinong's army will carry this flag, so that the Guards will know that it is a friendly army, and everyone will not have a misunderstanding." ”

Since Tushetu Jinong has already been submitted, he naturally doesn't care about a flag, and readily agrees. And his acceptance of this flag is very important to the Ming people, if the name is not right, it is not good, you recognize our flag, if there is any change in the future, then you can be rightfully cleaned up.

After Xiong Tingbi returned to the camp, he rested for a while, and then came to the residence of the Chechen Khan. After the Chechen Khan was defeated by Lin Dan Khan, he had already lost his sharpness, and seeing that the other two Khans had already yielded, he naturally would not be stupid to resist the Ming army, so he also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became Chechen Jinong.

A large number of tax collectors came to Mobei, and Xiong Tingbi demarcated the tax collection boundaries for them according to the region, and built a tax office. And these tax collectors were trained uniformly before they came, emphasizing that their main function was not how much money to collect, but to make the Mongols accustomed to paying taxes to the Ming Dynasty, which was the most important basis for establishing the ruling authority of the Ming Dynasty on the steppe.

Xiong Tingbi built a city by a small lake more than a hundred miles away from Xiaohai, called Offshore Sea. The city will be a station on the Beijing-Small Railway and the most important military base for the Ming army to penetrate into Xiaohai and further north.